Chapter 402 – 35. Saving Adlen Party

Arsha’s party’s dungeon exploration went very smoothly at first.

Glaser’s data accumulated over several decades.

There were some shortcomings as they couldn’t get far from the dungeon entrance area, but they were an SS-class hero party.

This is not the first time I explored a dungeon without any information.

There have been times when I have fallen into traps or been in danger, but I have always handled them well.

However, at some point, Dolumuz Dungeon began to harass intruders with all kinds of hardships.

Most of them were at a level that could be resolved somehow, but this one was a little different.

“… Isn’t this real?”

Agna could only stop running and stare blankly at the helpless sight.

Hundreds.

Hundreds of tornadoes.

The huge whirlwinds, each measuring hundreds of meters long, had the power to make one feel dizzy just by looking at them.

They could have stopped about 15 of them with their strength, but this was too many.

“Does this make sense?”

“Why are you stopping so suddenly? Run quickly!”

Rouen came running from behind, grabbed her hand, and started running again.

The seriousness of the current situation can be conveyed just by the angry voice of the always calm Geumin warrior.

Agna quickly came to her senses and ran in the opposite direction of the tornado, following her friend.

“That wasn’t in the report!”

“Who doesn’t know that!”

Agna follows in the footsteps of her colleagues but also looks back at her periodically.

The tornadoes were still chasing them.

There were floors that suddenly went out, sand hells, and countless fireballs that fell from the sky, but they were just annoying.

But out of nowhere, there could easily be more than a hundred tornadoes.

It is ridiculous to say that it is impossible.

Doesn’t it seem like it’s referring to a living creature?

“They’re following us, right?! They’re not going straight in this direction!”

“Are you stupid? We’ve already changed directions three times!”

Hero Adlen suddenly comes to the side and takes care of the group that fell behind.

As she said, the Adlen Party had already changed their direction of flight three times, but the tornado also followed them.

Even if the owner of the hidden dungeon was actually a dragon, would it be possible to deal with such a monstrous natural disaster?

No one among them believed it was possible.

“There is something, something. I wonder what it is…!”

She’s been running for 30 minutes, but her son Len keeps muttering something as if she’s not out of breath.

She doesn’t have anyone in her party who is the brains person, but she likes to put her head together and think together.

But there was no time for that now.

“… I can’t help it.”

In the end, the choice she made in an urgent situation was to disperse.

“Scatter away for now!”

“What?!”

“What do you mean, haha?”

“Spread out and find cover! That’s the best thing for now! Maybe…”

“You believe that the cause is people and time.”

Half-orc Otan supplemented Adlen’s words.

The most calm and analytical person in her party, she was also having similar thoughts to the warrior.

There is no way that hundreds of tornadoes with ridiculous power could have appeared without any special conditions.

No matter how much magical power a dungeon possesses, it is natural that the stronger the power, the more stringent the restrictions.

The most appropriate things in this subspace were a number of people, time, or distance.

“If distance is an issue, it can’t be helped, but if it’s proportional to the number of people and time, anything will work out!”

The leader’s choice was close to the lesser evil, but there was no other choice.

In the end, while the Adlen party dispersed, they changed their minds a little and paired up two by two.

The exception was Otan, who followed her because she was worried about her son Ren, who went ahead alone.

When the tornado attacked, I was resting in a barracks with an artifact, and thanks to that, I lost some of my luggage.

“… And within 30 minutes after we parted ways, the tornadoes disappeared.”

“The hypothesis was correct.”

“Maybe so.”

I’m not sure, but the disasters that disappeared while the six were scattered into twos and threes.

Siwoo thought for a moment and then asked about another trap.

“When did things like sand hells and fireballs start to occur?”

“You have good judgment. It was about a week before the tornado occurred.”

“It’s not good.”

If the hypothesis developed by the Adlen Party at that time is correct, the time and personnel are in danger.

I don’t know how it is measured, but two and four joined, making six, or the original number of people.

Aside from additional rescues, two of the six people had been in the dungeon for a month.

They said 15 days have passed since they dispersed, but when will the threat of the dungeon begin for them?

Not knowing the standards made my head hurt even more.

“But it’ll be okay for now.”

“Is that so?”

“There was no sign that anything was going to happen right away, and we didn’t experience anything once we were alone.”

“Indeed…”

Siwoo rested his chin and fell into thought.

Perhaps time was reset due to the scattering, or the method of measuring the number of people may be different.

Looking back on my memories, I heard that the first round of attack force numbered dozens of people and took about 20 days.

Although half of them were dead and half of the remaining were seriously injured requiring more than a month of treatment, the attack was eventually carried out.

‘If the tornadoes had struck back then, there would have been no survivors, regardless of the attack. No, maybe it’s not a matter of time and personnel?’

Just when I was thinking about something that I couldn’t find an answer to.

“I…”

Miko raised her hand carefully.

“I think it would be okay if we all went together.”

“Is this also intuition?”

“Yes.”

She answers clearly.

Siwoo and the others, who had come this far relying on Miko’s intuition, felt somewhat relieved just by those words.

On the other hand, Siwoo explained to Luang, who tilted his head at the incomprehensible words, what happened.

Aside from what happened in Futashima, things like her identity and being blessed by her twin gods.

Surprisingly, Rouen accepted it easily.

“If ‘God’ and ‘God’ are included, almost anything makes sense.”

It was definitely a world that was difficult to understand, but it didn’t seem like something I couldn’t understand.

“But apart from that…”

“I believe.”

“… Thank you.”

“Aren’t they the ones who came to rescue us? There is no reason not to believe them.”

“Then Agna…”

We need to convince not only Rouen but also the girl who hasn’t arrived yet.

“Agna is a friend who trusts others more than me, so it won’t matter.”

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like much effort was needed.

Just as she was finishing her story, Agna came in and opened her door.

“Is the story over~?”

“That’s pretty much it. The six of us are going to go find our other colleagues.”

“Oh, really? Okay!”

Agna just answered without asking anything else.

Although it was Siwoo’s first time meeting the two, he seemed to see a strong friendship and trust between them.

“It’s people and time.”

With the conversation resolved well, Belluna muttered quietly.

“Is it okay over there?”

“… Ah.”

Even though the voice was small, everyone was gathered together so no one could hear it.

Thanks to this, Siwoo, who had forgotten about the advance team and was not the advance team, remembered it and let out a low exclamation.

“Is there something wrong?”

“No, well. There are other rescue teams besides us, but they have so many people…”

“… Is that so. Still, if you were referring to the rescue team, you would have at least the skills, and you wouldn’t have come in without thinking, so it would work out somehow.”

“That’s right.”

I don’t know where I am, and I’m busy carrying out my original purpose, so I don’t have time to worry about that.

I would help if I could afford it, but I have no intention of going out and looking for them.

Siwoo quickly erased Michael and his group from his mind.

After discussion while Agna also sat down, they decided to rest for a day at the oasis and then set off again.

“… Ah.”

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was a dark ceiling.

Adlen slowly wakes up, recalling memories.

As I placed my hand on my forehead and concentrated, the blurry memories began to come back little by little.

‘Yes, I was frantically moving forward and found this place.’

She collapsed as soon as she entered the cave, and her memories were vague after that.

I think Otan next to me had probably laid down inside, but when I looked around, I saw a half-orc meditating next to me.

‘Isn’t it? Are you sleeping?’

I don’t know how much time has passed since she fell, but she must have continued to be by her side.

I decided to leave it at that since I was no different from being tired.

“Tsk… Tea!”

Her son Ren stood up from her seat, giving strength to her still strangely heavy limbs.

Let’s go outside, and the hot sun is still shining, making the sense of time unclear.

I took a quick walk around the area just in case, but all I could see was the oasis I had passed in the distance.

‘Are there any attacks in the dungeon? But I can’t see my colleagues either.’

“… Agna. Rouen. Vicky. Gary.”

She looks blankly beyond her horizon and calls out the names of her departed companions.

It was very strange to her that she had not seen their faces for almost fifteen days.

Even on vacation, we didn’t go far away, so we would see each other once a week, but I couldn’t believe something like this would happen in a dungeon.

‘Is the rescue team coming inside soon? I guess the imperial family didn’t prepare it until exactly one month had passed. Ha, I don’t know who will come, but I lost face.’

Even in the midst of all this, why does Han Si-woo cross my mind?

I thought I had let go of a lot of my jealousy towards him after entering the dungeon and going through hardships.

Strangely enough, perhaps because I criticized him so much in the beginning, I now think of him more than Han So-young.

Strangely, I wanted to see him, but I also wanted to make sure he didn’t come to the rescue if possible.

“It’s annoying.”

In order to shake off this unknown feeling and check on her physical condition, her son Ren moved his body lightly.

The four SS-class warriors that the continent is proud of.

Two of them use swords, and one handles spirits.

Unlike Han So-young, a pure swordsman, Ariel Grande of the Holy Empire is closer to a paladin who even handles sacred magic.

Anyway, the weapon that enabled the other one, Adlen, to become an SS-level warrior was a blunt weapon.

“Hap—!”

Pow-!!

“Oh my. Maybe I swung too hard.”

A huge ax and hammer appeared in both her hands.

Even though each of them looked much larger than the small Adlen, the warrior easily handled the two blunt weapons without a care in the world.

The floor explodes every time you hit it.

Because it is sand, it is being restored little by little. If it were ordinary land, there would have been an uproar.

“Whoa, good.”

After swinging for about 10 minutes, Son Ren returned her weapons to subspace.

I was worried, but my physical condition wasn’t bad.

“You’re waking me up so loudly.”

“Oh, sorry.”

Otan smiled with relief as she looked at her son Ren.

It was because she seemed to be in very good condition.

“How are you feeling?”

“The frequency isn’t bad either.”

“Really? Then let’s go.”

“Where…?”

“Well, let’s conquer the dungeon. A cave leading underground in the middle of the desert. Wouldn’t it be obvious what’s inside?”

Her son, Ren, put his hands on her waist and smiled brightly.

“… The end of the cave was blocked shortly after.”

“… Ah.”